Deadline: 3 January 2025
The City of Port Adelaide Enfield is requesting applications for its Business Activation Grants to support local businesses and venues to activate their space, in alignment with select large-scale Council events delivered across the year.
Now in its third year, Dockside Festival returns in a two-day community celebration to highlight the unique culture, heritage and natural environment of Port Adelaide.
Dockside will celebrate the Port River’s spirit across a playful program of interactive workshops, water sports, delicious street food, live music and creative installations that showcase the area’s thriving arts scene and natural environment. From family-friendly activities to living history exhibits and local makers, Dockside Festival offers something for everyone, making it the perfect celebration of the Port, the river, and its people.
The event footprint for 2025 will extend along the water frontage of Hart’s Mill, down Mundy Street, and framed by Hart Street to the south. Within the wider precinct, Dockside will create opportunities for visitors to explore local attractions and heritage trails including the Maritime, Railway and Aviation Museums and Clipper Ship, and local eateries, traders and galleries. Grants are available to applications that:
- Activate local places and spaces with creative programming, supporting the development of their region as a destination for arts and culture
- Demonstrate collaboration between business, arts, community and Council
- Enable businesses to deliver activities that drive visitation, connect community and showcase the City of PAE
- Support creative practitioners to deliver arts-based performances or workshops
- Be accessible, inclusive and open to the public. Activation that offers free or low-cost attendance will be viewed favourably.
Funding Information
- Their Business Activation Grants can support projects with up to $1,000 in funding. Matched funding is not required.
Eligibility Criteria
- Business Activation Grants are available to applicants who:
- Are a legal entity with an active ABN and appropriate public liability insurance ($20 million)
- Own or run a business or venue in the PAE area
- Have no outstanding debts with PAE
- Have satisfactorily acquitted any previous funding received by PAE (if applicable)
- Additionally, your activation must:
- Be accessible, inclusive and open to the public. Activation that offers free or low-cost attendance will be viewed favourably.
- Be delivered in alignment with a key Council event (priority will be given to business activations within or adjacent to the event footprint)
- Take into account any permits relevant to your application, ie. PAE’s Application for Events on Reserves & Roads or Application for Filming Media Productions.
For more information, visit City of Port Adelaide Enfield.
